Influenza epidemics and anencephaly.
Authors:
- P C HolmbergPHP C Holmberg
- K KurppaKKK Kurppa
- E KuosmaEKE Kuosma
- R PyhäläRPR Pyhälä
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 80 (4) , 473-475
Abstract
To explore the postulated association between maternal influenza and congenital defects of the central nervous system, 14 virologically verified epidemics in Finland, 1969-82, were studied. Mothers of 248 anencephalic children were grouped into those whose first trimester had occurred during an epidemic period and those whose pregnancy had commenced during a non-epidemic period. No significant differences in prevalence of anencephaly were noted in these groups.Keywords
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